There are some clear reasons why Trump would want Putin back in the G7

Why does Donald Trump want Vladimir Putin readmitted to the G7 summit, making it the G8? Here are a few thoughts:
Russia was expelled from the G8 during Barack Obama's presidency, and Trump likes undoing whatever Obama did.
But the bigger issue is this: Democratically elected leaders face domestic political constraints that make it difficult for them to flatter Trump in the way autocrats like Putin or China's Xi Jinping can do at a summit.
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